Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

[Arthur Delibert]

Thanks.  Sounds from your description that the interval was very short, so it was not what has been called a "long-delayed" echo.


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From: on7eh <on7eh at skynet.be>
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 3:46 PM
To: Arthur Delibert; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

Art and all,

unfortunately, I do not have a PC in the shack outside contest days,
otherwise an answer could easily be provided.
For sure, its presence was annoying, not hearing the expected noise in
between the dit and dah's at 20wpm...

BTW: I ruled out the TRX given the infrequent echoes and the noted
difference in signal strength on the Beverages...

Michel, ON7EH


-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Delibert
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 3:45 PM
To: on7eh ; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

Approximately how much delay was there between your transmission and the
echo?


--Art Delibert, KB3FJO


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From: Topband <topband-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of on7eh
<on7eh at skynet.be>
Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2017 4:32 AM
To: topband at contesting.com
Subject: Topband: Echo on 160m yesterday morning

For the first time,
I heard my echoes on topband, yesterday morning starting around 05 UTC.
They lasted for at least 1 hour, with some OFF-periods in between.
I had to quit at 06 UTC. (still 1 hour before surise)

The echoes were loudest on the short Beverages (<60m long) heading N/S and
NE/SW and several dB lower on the NW/SE Beverage. (about 130m long).
The Tx setup is modest with Elecraft K3/100 and inv L at 15m height, sloping
down to 11m.

Only DX heard that morning was USA (typical condictions) so I wonder what
else does hearing echoes indicate?


73,
Michel, ON7EH



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